Wednesday, February 10, 2010

Some News for Wed Feb 10, 2010

STARTERS

It looks like Fox, and not their cable channel FX will show the UEFA Champions League final on Sat May 22. Wow.

dN

A very big night for almost all the Americans in England as LD & Timmay beat Chelsea, Spector beats Birmingham, Friedel draws with Man U and Hahnemann beats Tottenham. Only Jozy's close loss kept it from being a clean sweep. Hooray Beer!-And Freddy Adu get's his first start in Greece. When was the last time he started any game?-See all the details on those American players in the Americans in Europe section below.

Toronto has acquired centerback Ty Harden from Colorado. I guess you can call this trying.

dN

San Jose has signed a Brazilian left midfielder/forward named Eduardo. The 30 year old who played for Basel in Switzerland the past 4 seasons scoring 11 goals.

USSF DIVISION 2

That new team for 2011 in Edmonton will not be called the Drillers as I wrote yesterday. They are called FC Edmonton.

TEAM USA

Official Team Blog.(BTW who is this pinhead that is always the first to comment on every single USA blog post? The comments are always inane too. Get a life dumbass. Or is it a 9 year old and I am busting him chops for no reason?)

dN

The USA gathers a squad of players from MLS on Wed Feb 10 to prepare for a game the following Wed in Tampa v El Salvador.

dN

Fullback Kevin Alston is out of action before it even starts - same hamstring injury that sent him home last month.

A huge win for Jonanthan Spector and West Ham today as 3 points take them from 19th up to 14th just like that!

dN

Game Action: (only those that played are listed)

ENGLAND - Premier LeagueJozy Altidore - Hull City - goes the distance, gets a yellow card and loses 1-0 at Blackburn.Landon Donovan - Everton - plays the whole match setting up the first goal and drawing a failed penalty chance as they beat Chelsea 2-1 at home.Brad Friedel - Aston Villa - goes the distance and nabs a 1-1 at home against Manchester United.Marcus Hahnemann - Wolverhampton - goes the full 90 as they knock off Tottenham 1-0 at home.Tim Howard - Everton - in the net as usual and they win at home 2-1 over Chelsea.Jonathan Spector - West Ham - comes on as a sub at half time as they won 2-0 at home over Birmingham.

FRANCE - Coupe de France Round of 16Carlos Bocanegra - Rennes - played the full 90 but they lost 1-0 at Quevilly.

Greece - Football Cup QuarterfinalsEddie Johnson - Aris Thessalonika - came on as a sub in the 74th as they draw 1-1 at Xanthi.Freddy Adu - Aris Thessalonika - started and went 67 minutes as they draw 1-1 at Xanthi.